My (old) ISP used to give out my IP location as 310 miles from where I am... It resolved to either their comapny headquarters, or the connection to the Internet at their end... Rick Glazier > On 6 Oct 2006 at 15:33, Becky wrote: > >> I am on a discussion list. I recently came across a web site that >> tells be the geographic location of any IP number. I don't understand >> IP numbers at all. Anyway all but one of the numbers I put in there >> from messages on this discussion list give me a location that I already >> know the posters are from. However one of the posters has over 7or 8 >> different IP addresses and none of them even come close to where she >> has stated she is living (Pacific coast). They are all from different >> areas in the Indiana/Illinois area. What do the numbers mean and should >> I assume that the poster has programs or software that is purposely >> hiding her location maybe for privacy reasons? I am just curious and >> didn't know who to ask how IP numbers work. Thanks PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml